They’re keeping the competition on their toes. Hundreds of young ballet dancers simultaneously perched on their tippy toes — holding the grueling pose for more than a minute to set a new world record ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you thought your high school was competitive, imagine if you went to school at the (fictional) American Ballet Academy. The ...

In 2009, ballet dancer Rebecca Swisher set out to do something different while taking a hiatus from her lifetime of classical training. A fresh mind allowed her to discover an unexplored passion in ...

HOUSTON – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – or the Trocks, for short -- is an all-male ballet company that’s probably a bit different than anything you’ve seen before. Just like any ballet, ...

Artist visas are expensive, restrictive, time intensive and stressful. But they have proved to be a life-changing pathway to opportunity and freedom of expression for some of San Diego’s most skilled ...

HOUSTON Ballet will present new works by four of its dancers in the annual Cullen Contemporary Series. Readying four new works for one program made rehearsals a challenge, especially since ...

Fibbing to his friends that he was off to practice hurdles for the next track meet, young Andrew Buleza raced to ballet class instead. At the corner of South Main and East Northampton streets in ...

WORCESTER — The detailed, moving and inspiring documentary "Toe the Line: Arts Education for Life" follows several years in the life of the much applauded dance program at Burncoat Magnet Arts School.